Dream in Red Mansions
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Forced Xifeng Resigned Herself to a Fate Spread East of Bed-Curtain
S1E34 · 强英雄凤姐知命
Vocabulary
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| 强逼 強逼 | to compel; to force | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 梨 梨 | pear | |
| 紫 紫 | purple; violet | |
| 鼓 皷 | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 糟 糟 | dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 兔 兎 | rabbit | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 绕 繞 | to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex | |
| 艰难 艱難 | difficult; hard; challenging | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 青 青 | abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province | |
| 库 庫 | warehouse; storehouse; (file) library | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 或是 或是 | or; either one or the other | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 躲 躲 | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 凭 憑 | to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 骗 騙 | to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 疯 瘋 | insane; mad; wild | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 张华 張華 | Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician; Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank; other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention | Proper Noun |
| 芙蓉 芙蓉 | Furong district of Changsha city, Hunan; Seremban, capital of Sembilan state, Malaysia | Proper Noun |
| 神女 神女 | The Goddess, 1934 silent film about a Shanghai prostitute, directed by | Proper Noun |
| 南安 南安 | Nan'an, county-level city in Quanzhou, Fujian | Proper Noun |
| 大安 大安 | Da'an or Ta'an District of Taipei City, Taiwan; Da'an or Ta'an Township in Taichung County, Taiwan; Da'an, county-level city in Baicheng, Jilin | Proper Noun |
| 潇湘 瀟湘 | other name of the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province | Proper Noun |
| 李清照 李清照 | Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet | Proper Noun |
| 都察院 都察院 | (Ming and Qing dynasties) Censorate, a body overseeing officials and investigating corruption | Proper Noun |
| 尤 尤 | especially, particularly | |
| 王爷 王爺 | prince; marquis; nobleman | |
| 宝玉 寶玉 | precious jade; treasures | |
| 口彩 口彩 | complimentary remarks; well-wishing | |
| 峰 峯 | peak, summit; hump of camel | |
| 贺喜 賀喜 | to congratulate | |
| 满处 滿處 | everywhere; all over the place | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 摆布 擺布 | to arrange; to order about; to manipulate | |
| 轮到 輪到 | to be (sb's or sth's) turn | |
| 用项 用項 | items of expenditure; expenditures |